After watching the gala today, I have to say that I thought Emon was the best. He was the only one who showed his versatality in both songs. Kal ho na ho is a completely different song from Dil bar mere. Amit and Prashant sang both romantic songs, though Amit did a fantastic job. Ankita sang item numbers as she usually does.
Emon really is the most versatile singer in the competition and his pitching during Dil bar mere was awesome. The guy can sing Sonu to Abhijeet to Nusrat to Kailash and now Kishore Kumar. I always thought Emon is good at high pitch but never really heard him sing low notes. But after hearing him sing Kal ho na ho, I think he can make any song sound fantastic. Javed Ji said any singer can sing this song, but for me noone can come close to Sonu in singing this song. But Emon sang the song so well with such feelings. Outstanding job.
After Javed Ji's biased comments I know he will most likely be out tomorrow. But after hearing Emon today, I know that Emon will become a great playback singer and this is one decision the audience will regret in the future.